2nd concert named for NH murder victim

Concert to benefit scholarship fund

Ten New England bands are taking part in a concert to benefit a scholarship fund named after a New Hampshire woman who was killed during a home invasion.

The concert Sunday, Aug. 5, at Alpine Grove in Hollis is a fundraiser for the Kimberly Cates Memorial Scholarship.

Cates was killed in her bed and her 11-year-old daughter was maimed in the attack at their Mont Vernon home on Oct. 4, 2009.

Two men convicted of murdering her have been sentenced to life without parole. Three others have been sentenced for lesser crimes.

Cates was a nurse. The scholarship is awarded to high school seniors who live in Amherst and Mont Vernon and will be pursuing post-secondary education in health care. So far, the fund has handed out 16 $1,000 scholarships.

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